The stone huntsman spider genus Eusparassus (Araneae: Sparassidae): systematics and zoogeography with revision of the African and Arabian species
Author
Moradmand, Majid
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Zootaxa
2013
2013-06-17
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3675.1.1
journal article
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Cercetius
Simon, 1902
The monotypic genus
Cercetius
was erected by
Simon (1902)
based on a juvenile specimen. The genus and its
type
species,
C. perezi
Simon, 1902
have never been explicitly diagnosed prior to this study. Examination of the
type
material revealed that
Cercetius
falls into the synonymy of
Eusparassus
as defined by
Moradmand and Jäger (2012a)
. To maintain stability of nomenclature case proposal 3596 was submitted to ICZN to give the widely used name
Eusparassus
Simon, 1903
priority over
Cercetius
(for details see
Moradmand & Jäger 2012b
). In accordance with Article 82.1 of the Code, the prevailing usage of names is maintained until the ruling of the Commission is published. Therefore, both generic names
Eusparassus
and
Cercetius
are used in this paper, and formal synonymization is postponed until final ICZN decision.